JP3175634U - Liquid storage container - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a liquid storage container in which the lid opening / closing structure of a spout is simplified and the outer parts other than the lid are not exposed to the outside of the container body, and the appearance is not deteriorated even if the lid opening / closing structure is provided.
A liquid storage container includes a spout 3 that opens to an upper surface portion of a container main body 1 and allows liquid to flow out from the inside of the container main body to the outside, and a lid 4 that covers an upper portion of the spout. A leg portion 5 extending inward of the container main body is provided on the lid, and a central portion of the leg portion is rotatably supported inside the container main body, and a leg portion below the support portion is connected to the weight portion 8 and To do. When the container body tilts so that the spout is downward, the weight body acts on the lid body in the direction of gravity, and the lid body rotates relative to the container body around the support portion. And leave the spout.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid storage container such as a water container, a water heater, or a water purifier having a container body for storing a liquid therein, and in particular, includes a lid that opens and closes a spout from which liquid flows out. The present invention relates to a liquid storage container.

  Conventionally, in kettles and water purifiers that are liquid storage containers, a lid can be opened and closed at the spout to prevent entry of foreign substances from the outside, and the user hooks his finger on the hook provided on the lid. The lid is rotated to release the spout. Patent Document 1 describes a configuration of a kettle that is a sounding lid but can be opened and closed with respect to the spout.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, a lid is provided so as to be openable and closable at a spout of a kettle that is a liquid storage container, and the lid rotates with respect to the container body by its own weight when the container body is tilted to pour liquid. Thus, a configuration for releasing the spout is described.

Utility Model Registration No. 3130192 Special table 2008-511364 gazette

  The lid opening / closing structure described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 has a complicated structure as the lid opening / closing structure, and the main body of the opening / closing structure is disposed outside the container body. The structural members can be seen by the user, and it cannot be said that the design of a kettle or the like which is a liquid storage container used in daily life is never neat.

  Therefore, the present invention simplifies the lid opening and closing structure of the spout, and prevents the exterior from being deteriorated even if the lid opening and closing structure is provided so that no part other than the lid is exposed outside the container body. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, a liquid storage container according to the present invention has an opening on the upper surface of a container body, a pouring spout from which liquid flows out from the inside of the container body, and a lid that covers the top of the pouring spout In the liquid storage container, a leg portion extending inward of the container body is provided on the lid body, and a central portion of the leg portion is rotatably supported inside the container body. When the container body is tilted so that the pouring spout is downward, the weight acts on the lid in the direction of gravity, and the lid Is configured to rotate about the support portion relative to the container body and away from the spout.

  The present invention is characterized in that a weight body is fixed to the weight portion of the leg portion.

  According to the liquid container according to the present invention, the leg portion, the support portion, and the weight portion of the lid constituting the lid opening / closing structure are provided inside the container body, and when the container body is tilted, the weight of the weight portion is reduced. By the action in the direction, the lid body automatically rotates around the support portion relative to the container body to release the spout.

  For this reason, the opening and closing operation of the lid is not complicated, the lid opening / closing structure is simplified, and since the parts other than the lid are not exposed to the outside of the container body, the appearance is not deteriorated even if the lid opening / closing structure is provided.

It is front sectional drawing which shows the principal part in the water supply pot which is embodiment of the liquid storage container which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the cover part of this embodiment. It is a bottom view of the cover part of this embodiment. (A), (b) is front sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the cover part opening-and-closing process and liquid outflow process of this embodiment.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of an upper portion of a water supply pot which is an embodiment of a liquid storage container according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a container main body that stores liquid W, and 2 is a ceiling that covers the upper surface of the container main body 1. The plate portion 3 is formed by opening a part of the top plate portion 2, and the spout 4 for flowing out the stored liquid W to the outside, 4 covers the spout 3, and the inside of the container body 1 is exposed to the outside. It is a lid that shields it.

  2 and 3, the lid 4 is provided with a pair of legs 5 extending inward of the container body 1, and the container body 1 is provided at the center of the side of each leg 5. A support pin 7 is rotatably provided on a support portion 6 shown in FIG. The leg part 5 below the support pin 7 of the leg part 5, that is, the leg part 5 below the support part is used as the weight part 8.

  In this example, a shaft member 9 as a weight body is installed between the leg portions 5. However, it is also conceivable to increase the thickness of the weight portion 8 of the leg portion 5 or to fix weight members of various shapes instead of the shaft shape. Further, it is possible to change the shape of the leg 5 such as a plate shape.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the leg 5 has a substantially L-shaped portion extending from the lower surface of the lid 4 to the center where the support pin 7 is provided, and a concave space A is formed on the side. In addition, the shape extending from the center to the lower end where the shaft member 9 is provided hangs in a substantially vertical direction. By forming the concave space portion A, it is avoided that the leg portion 5 comes into contact with a constituent member such as the top plate member 2 of the container body 1 during the rotation.

  In the present embodiment having the above-described configuration, the weight of the weight portion 8 of the leg portion 5 acts downward (in the direction of gravity) on the lid 4, so that in the state shown in FIG. The force to turn to work. For this reason, the side peripheral part of the cover body 4 will be in contact with the upper end part of the container main body 1 of the spout 3 part, and the cover body 4 will be in the state which closes the spout 3.

  Here, when the liquid W flows out from the spout 3 to the outside of the container body 1, the container body 1 is tilted so that the spout 3 faces downward as shown in FIG. Then, since the weight of the weight portion 8 of the leg portion 5 acts on the lid body 4 in the direction of gravity as described above, the lid body 4 rotates relative to the pouring spout 3 and pours. Move to open mouth 3.

  As shown in 4 (b), when the container body 1 is further tilted in the same direction, the opening of the spout 3 is sufficiently released, and the liquid W flows out to the outside without any trouble.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is effective when applied to a liquid storage container such as a jug, a water heater, or a water purifier in which a lid is provided so as to be openable and closable at a liquid spout of a main body that stores liquid.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Container body 2 Top plate member 3 Spout 4 Lid body 5 Leg part 6 Support part 7 Support pin 8 Weight part 9 Shaft member W Liquid A Concave space part

Claims (2)

In the liquid storage container having an opening on the upper surface portion of the container body, and a pouring spout for the liquid to flow from the inside of the container body to the outside, and a lid that covers the upper portion of the pouring spout,
The lid body is provided with a leg portion extending inward of the container main body, a central portion of the leg portion is rotatably supported inside the container main body, and the leg portion below the support portion is supported. A weight part,
When the container body is tilted so that the spout is downward, the weight body acts on the lid body in the direction of gravity, and the lid body is relatively positioned with respect to the container body. A liquid storage container characterized in that the liquid storage container is configured to rotate about a support portion and away from the spout.   The liquid container according to claim 1, wherein a weight body is fixed to the weight portion of the leg portion.

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